. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Windward 2in C 3 o < IN SABA 207 to have pictured that he was enjoying a blissful existence in somehalcyon region and that he lay bound by the enchantment of thesurroundings, while in point of fact the poor man was probably on thebleakest inhabited Island in the West Indies. So urgent had herinquiries become that just before his return a friend had advised himto cable the following message :— Guariti i piedi, ratio Iincanto, scappato dai negri. ^ It was hardly worth visiting the


. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Windward 2in C 3 o < IN SABA 207 to have pictured that he was enjoying a blissful existence in somehalcyon region and that he lay bound by the enchantment of thesurroundings, while in point of fact the poor man was probably on thebleakest inhabited Island in the West Indies. So urgent had herinquiries become that just before his return a friend had advised himto cable the following message :— Guariti i piedi, ratio Iincanto, scappato dai negri. ^ It was hardly worth visiting the deserted mine, so we now hastenedour departure to avoid getting wet by a threatening storm from whichwe should have had no shelter on the homeward journey. Mycompanion told me that it always rained soon after the middleof the day; we managed, however, to return to Bottom just beforea heavy shower came on towards three in the afternoon. Before leaving Saba I wished to know whether the path fromthe landing-place, known as The Ladder, was really as formidableas my mental picture of it, so I made the greater part of t


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